Sharjah Biennial 12
dal 4/3/2015 al 4/6/2015
Segnalato da
Basel Abbas
Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Etel Adnan
Babak Afrassiabi
Abdullah Al Saadi
Rheim Alkadhi
Ayreen Anastas
Leonor Antunes
Uriel Barthelemi
Eric Baudelaire
Mark Bradford
Unnikrishnan
Chimurenga
Nikhil Chopra
Saloua Raouda Choucair
Chung Chang-Sup
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Papy Ebotani
Rene Gabri
Ahmad Ghossein
Im Heung-soon
Iman Issa
Michael Joo
Maryam Kashani
Mohammed Kazem
Hassan Khan
Kristine Khouri
Beom Kim
Byron Kim
Lala Rukh
Lee Kit
Jac Leirner
Faustin Linyekula
Jawshing Arthur Liou
Cinthia Marcelle
Rodney McMillian
Julie Mehretu
mixrice
Asunción Molinos Gordo
Eduardo Navarro
Damián Ortega
Rasha Salti
Hassan Sharif
Taro Shinoda
Gary Simmons
Nasrin Tabatabai
Rayyane Tabet
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Adrián Villar Rojas
Danh Vo
Xu Tan
Haegue Yang
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara
Fahrelnissa Zeid
Eungie Joo
4/3/2015
Sharjah Biennial 12
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
The past, the present, the possible. The exhibition crossing the emirate to sites in and around the city as well as in the city of Kalba on the Gulf of Oman. Over two-thirds of participating artists will present new works and commissions.
Curated by: Eungie Joo
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates—Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) announces the appointment of
Eungie Joo as Curator of Sharjah Biennial 12 (SB12), opening in March 2015. Joo is Director of
Art and Cultural Programs at Instituto Inhotim in Brumadinho, Brasil, and previously served as
Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at the New Museum of Contemporary
Art in New York.
Jooʼs proposal for SB12 builds upon SAFʼs commitment to artistic production and the unique
contribution of the annual March Meeting to organisational and artistic development in the
region. For Joo, SB12 offers an opportunity to contemplate how artistsʼ positions help us
consider new possibilities for social organisation and ways to transcend cultural and political
confinement. Sustained engagement and new commissions will be central to SB12—discussion
of which will begin during the March Meeting.
Sharjah Art Foundation President Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi comments, “We look forward to
working with Eungie Joo on the realisation of her vision for the next Biennial. Reflecting a career
focused on working closely with artists and communities, Jooʼs collaborative perspective will find
resonance in Sharjah and enrich the experience of SB12.”
According to Joo, “Sharjah is a very special place that calls you back again and again. I am truly
excited to work with Sheikha Hoor and the Sharjah Art Foundation to develop a meaningful
conversation with artists, cultural practitioners, and Sharjah through both the March Meeting and
the Biennial.
March Meeting 2014: Come Together – March 13-17, 2014: MM14 will address issues in
contemporary culture, institutional formation and cultural production, such as how to develop
education and research initiatives. In addition to presentations, MM14 will feature informal
discussions to promote active participation among attendees. Speakers will include artists
commissioned for SB12 who are in the earliest stages of research for their projects.
March Meeting 2014 Open Call – Correspondent Travel Grants (Deadline December 20,
2013): This yearʼs March Meeting Open Call offers travel grants to between five and eight
artists, writers and curators with a focus on the region, who will attend the event and contribute
essays, blog posts, or other responses. Proposal guidelines are available at sharjahart.org.
About Eungie Joo: Eungie Joo is Director of Art and Cultural Programs at Instituto Inhotim in
Brumadinho, Brasil, a position she has held since 2012. Previously, she was Keith Haring
Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at the New Museum, NY (2007-2012)
where she commissioned the yearlong seminar Night School by Anton Vidokle; edited the
volume Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education (Routledge and New Museum,
2009); published the Art Spaces Directory (ArtAsiaPacific and New Museum, 2012), a guide to
over 400 independent art spaces from over 96 countries; and was curator of the 2012 New
Museum Triennial, The Ungovernables. Joo served as commissioner of the Korean Pavilion at
the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009), where she presented Condensation: Haegue Yang. As
founding Director and Curator of the Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles (2003 - 2007), she
commissioned projects by Mark Bradford, Sora Kim, Damián Ortega, Taro Shinoda,
SUPERFLEX, Kara Walker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and others.
About Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF): Sharjah Art Foundation brings a broad range of
contemporary art and cultural programmes to the communities of Sharjah, the UAE, and the
region. Since 2009, SAF has built on the history of cultural collaboration and exchange that
began with the first Sharjah Biennial in 1993. Working with local and international partners, SAF
creates opportunities for artists and artistic production through core initiatives that include the
Sharjah Biennial, the annual March Meeting, residencies, production grants, commissions,
exhibitions, research, publications, and a growing collection. SAFʼs education and public
programmes focus on building recognition of the central role art can play in the life of a
community by promoting public learning and a participatory approach to art.
Media Contacts:
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Opening: 5-7 March 2015
Sharjah Art Foundation
Arts Area, PO Box 19989, Sharjah
Opening times
Saturday - Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 4pm - 8pm